CHAPTER 355
SB 490-FN – FINAL VERSION
01/23/08 0174s
06/04/08 2030CofC
2008 SESSION
03/01
SENATE BILL 490-FN
AN ACT relative to fees for special number plates for veterans and relative to vehicle registration fees for disabled veterans and former prisoners of war.
SPONSORS: Sen. Sgambati, Dist 4; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Sen. Burling, Dist 5; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Sen. Janeway, Dist 7; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Rep. Kjellman, Merr 5; Rep. Wood, Belk 4; Rep. Roberts, Ches 3; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 3
COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation
This bill:
I. Eliminates the one time fee for special number plates for veterans.
II. Clarifies the disabled veteran exemption from state vehicle registration fees.
III. Exempts former prisoners of war from state vehicle registration fees.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01/23/08 0174s
06/04/08 2030CofC
08-2850
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to fees for special number plates for veterans and relative to vehicle registration fees for disabled veterans and former prisoners of war.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
355:1 Special Number Plates for Certain Veterans; Fees. Amend RSA 261:86, II to read as follows:
II. Plates furnished pursuant to subparagraphs I(a)-(c) shall be issued without charge. Plates furnished pursuant to subparagraphs I(d) and (e) shall be issued upon payment of the regular registration fee and [number] the $4 per plate fees under RSA 261:75. Notwithstanding RSA 265:73 or any other law, any person who is issued a plate pursuant to subparagraphs I(c)-(e) shall not be entitled to free parking privileges provided for disabled veterans, except that a person who qualifies for special plates pursuant to subparagraph I(d) may be issued an additional special plate for a motorcycle.
355:2 Special Number Plates for Veterans; Fee Eliminated. Amend RSA 261:87-b, I to read as follows:
I. The director is hereby authorized to issue special number plates to be used on motor vehicles owned by veterans of the United States armed services, in lieu of other number plates. The design of these special plates shall be determined by the commissioner, and shall be distinct from the design or designs of those plates issued under RSA 261:86. Such plates shall be issued only to veterans as defined in RSA 21:50, I(a) upon application, proof of veteran status in a form authorized by RSA 21:50, I(b), and payment of [a one time $25 fee to recover production and administrative costs that shall be in addition to] the regular motor vehicle registration fee and [any other number] the $4 per plate fees [otherwise required] under RSA 261:75. The director shall also issue such plates to any person providing proof of honorable discharge from the armed services of any nation allied with the United States during World War II and proof of such person's service during World War II. Renewals of such special number plates shall be charged the fee assessed for standard motor vehicles as prescribed under RSA 261:141. The plates furnished pursuant to this section are non-transferable and shall expire upon the death of the veteran, except that the surviving spouse may use the plates for one year after the death of the veteran and shall be eligible to replace the plates during that year at no charge under RSA 261:75.
355:3 Registration Fees; Veteran Exemptions. Amend RSA 261:141, VIII to read as follows:
VIII. No fee shall be charged for registering a vehicle owned by any person who:
(a) Because of being an amputee, or paraplegic, has received said motor vehicle from the United States government or whose vehicle is to replace one so received, or who is evaluated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be permanently and totally disabled from such service connected disability[, a special number plate].
(b) Has been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be suffering from total blindness as a result of a service connected disability[, a special number plate].
(c) Is a former prisoner of war and was captured and incarcerated while serving in a qualifying war or armed conflict as defined in RSA 72:28, V, and who was honorably discharged.
355:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.
Approved: July 10, 2008
Effective Date: July 1,2008